I found out it was International 'Talk like a Pirate' Day a few days ago, so I hastily threw together this mediocre pirate cartoon. I actually kind of like how the pirate turned out, but what I should have done instead was simply drawn a tiger with a sign that says 'aaargh'. I guess I'll save that one for next year.

I had a rather exciting Friday recently when I joined a local international school to take part in their Year 2 Arts Adventure Day.

Throughout the day I did a series of 30 minutes sessions working with 6 different groups of students, mostly telling them how awesome I was and then proving it by showing them some of my work. I then invited the students to create their own cartoons on a worksheet I had made for the occasion. The children created a range of different expressions simply by changing the eyes and mouths on a face I had drawn, and then their creativity and crazy children brains were given a chance to soar as they completed a cartoon that I had started for them. I regret that I didn't take more photos, but here are a few that I did manage to get:

My favourite cartoon from the day was an especially cute knock-off version of my famous C3PO/Chewbacca cartoon.

You can download your very own copy of the worksheet by clicking right here (and feel free to send me your results; I would love to post them at a later date)

Have you ever stared blankly at a wall and thought about what it would be like if Ronald McDonald were hitting on a girl clown at a bar? Neither have I - that would be crazy. I have however drawn a cartoon of it and asked other people to submit their own pick-up lines. If you'd like to get in on the pick-up line action for next time, be sure to become a fan of the Land of le Beef Facebook page. Anyway, enough about that, here are some of the responses I got:

"Hey pretty lady, would you like to end the night with a quarter-pounder?"

"Can I choose my filling for your McFlurry??"

"Mind if I put some meat in your bun?"

"These massive shoes do contain massive feet..but you know what they say..."

"I come - super sized!"

"How many balls can you juggle?"

"With over 99 billion served, who are you to say no?"

"I am much more careful than my friend Burger King. He got Dairy Queen pregnant because he forgot to wrap his whopper."

"whaddya say we run off and join the circus together?"

"How would you like to be my treat of the week?"

"Take your time baby, I'm open 24 hours..."

"I'm going to name a hamburger after you; it's called the McPOW!"

As always, thank you to everyone who submitted - you're all awesome in your special way.

One of the initial ideas for this cartoon was to have a cat at the end, and the signs would read, 'good cop', bad cop', 'furry cop'. Perhaps the cat would also be wearing a police uniform, which would have been super cute, but I wasn't sure that it would be enough to tie the whole thing together. Then came the idea of robocop, and it all became crystal clear - I took out my sketchbook, pencils, and various other tools and went to work creating what can only be describe as 'my most recent cartoon'. I hope you like it; if you don't , then please pretend that you never saw it, and continue to enjoy the other ones.